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He criticised Hong Kong for "blatantly ignoring" certain ILO
Conventions. The Overseas Labour Adviser, Gibraltar and.
General Department and this Department have been considering the
question of Hong Kong's implementation of certain ILO Conventions,
following a supplementary Parliamentary question by Mr James
Sillars MP. We shall be following this up with the Hong Kong
Government.
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4. Mr. Pendry is quoted as commenting on the preponderance of
business representation on the Executive and Legislative Councils
and saying that he would like to see more worker representation.
It is true that no trade unionist as such presently serves on the
Executive, Legislative or Urban Councils. However, Hong Kong is
run by a complex pattern of boards, councils and committees.
concerned with industrial employees, ie the Labour Advisory Board,
Industrial Training Advisory Committee and the Hong Kong
Productivity Council, have trade unionist members as well as
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representatives of Government, management, academic and professional
interests.
5. In an interview with the South China Morning Post on
23 August Mr Pendry said that he would report to the Secretary of
State on:
(a) The Godber affair, which he thinks "is the main
immediate problem";
(b)
The real anxieties felt in Hong Kong over the
question of the colony's sterling reserves;
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The lack of progress in educational facilities
and the limited opportunities available in Hong Kong
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